Original Poems


"I Am..." Poem
I am an amateur sleuth.
I feel the thrill of solving a mystery and
I touch history through all the places I explore.
I hear the whispers of unanswered questions and
I see the livid faces of criminals I’ve caught.

I worry about the danger I’m sure to get in and
I pretend I’m not scared when I really am.
I want to fight crime and help innocent people, but
I worry my father worries about me too much.
I cry when I think about my mother, though I know
I am blessed to have friends and family.

I wonder what mysteries lurk around the corner.
I understand all mysteries don’t have an answer, but
I say there’s not a mystery that I can’t solve.
I dream about where my next adventure will take me.
I hope it’s somewhere exciting and intriguing.
I am an amateur sleuth.

I Will Never Forget- A Pantoum


I will never forget
the rush of victory,
the thrill of
scoring a goal.

The rush of victory
is like nothing else.
Score a goal,
and it’s like you are on top of the world.

Like nothing else
I have ever felt,
it was like I was on top of the world
when that small orange ball flew from my stick and hit the back of the goal.

I have felt
the thrill of
that small orange ball flying from my stick and hitting the back of the goal.
I will never forget.


Poem By Another Author


"It's Raining in Love" by Richard Brautigan
I don't know what it is,
but I distrust myself
when I start to like a girl
a lot.

It makes me nervous.
I don’t say the right things
or perhaps I start
to examine,
evaluate,
compute
what I am saying.

If I say, “Do you think it’s going to rain?”
and she says, “I don’t know,”
I start thinking: Does she really like me?

In other words
I get a little creepy.

A friend of mine once said,
“It’s twenty times better to be friends
with someone
than it is to be in love with them.”

I think he’s right and besides,
it’s raining somewhere, programming flowers
and keeping snails happy.
That’s all taken care of.

BUT

if a girl likes me a lot
and starts getting real nervous
and suddenly begins asking me funny questions
and looks sad if I give the wrong answers
and she says things like,
"Do you think it's going to rain?"
and I say, "It beats me,"
and she says, "Oh,"
and looks a little sad
at the clear blue California sky,
I think: Thank God, it's you, baby, this time
instead of me.